Shade and globe holder



June 19, 1928.

T. J. NELSON SHADE AND GLOBE HOLDER Filed June 8, 1925 INVENTOR.

77/5000QEJ/VH5'0M BY MW (2. ma

A TTORNE Y.

Patented June 19, 1928.

UNITED STA T'ES THEODORE J. NELSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SHADE AND GLOBE HOLDER.

Application filed June 8, 1925.

shade or globe is positively supported in place and locked in position on the canopy or shade support without the use of screws of any kind, the device more specifically comprising two members, one of which may swing in its unlocked position to receive the shade or globe and reach under a supporting flangeor ring formed on the upper end thereof, in which position it is held in locked position by the other member of the device which has sliding engagement with the first member tolock or release it as desired.

A further advantage possessed by my supporting device is that the locking member. under the action of gravity, tends to move to its locking position relatively to the supporting member, making it diflicult to leave the supporting devices in a position such that the shade or globe will not be positively sup ported.

Wly invention will best be understood by reference to the accompanying drawings showing a preferred embodiment thereof in which Fig. 1 shows my supporting device applied to a canopy to hold a-globe in place thereon. this View being shown in side elevation and partially in vertical section to show the relation of the parts,

Fig. 2 shows in a view similar to Fig. 1, a part of the canopy with the supporting devices in their released position.

Fig. 3 shows in elevation, an inside view of the supporting devices removed from the canopy,

Fig. 4 shows in a View similar to Fig. 3 the supporting member of the supporting devices,

Fig. 5 shows in elevation to an enlarged scale. a part of the canopy containing the openings formed in it to receive the support ing devices, and

Fig. 6 shows in a view similar to Fig. 4 the locking member before it is formed.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

As shown in Fig. 1, a canopy is illustrated at 10, of a form commonly employed in con neetion with electric lighting to house a lanip'socket, thispart of the structure being usually made from sheet metal by spinning Or stamping operations. As is usually the Serial No. 35,720.

case with devices of this kind, the lower end of the canopy is enlarged to form a circular recess 13 for receiving the upper end of the shade or globe l1, employed to enclose the lamp bulb used with the fixture. The shade 11 is provided at its upper end with an inturned flange or bead 12 of a size to freely enter the recess 13, the inner diameter of the flange 12 being sufficiently great to readily pass over the lamp bulb employed and yet of smaller diameter than the lower portion of the shade 11.

it will be understood that the canopy and shade 11 shown in the drawings, are merely illustrative of the application of my improved supporting devices and that the canopy may be of any construction and material intended for substantially the same purpose, and that the shade 11 may be of any desired construction, that is it may be either open or closed at its lower end and have any desired design, the only requirement being that it shall be conformed at its upper end for supporting purposes, to cooperate with the lower end of the canopy or shade holder.

Each of my shade supporting devices consists of a supporting member 14 of strip metal, located inside of the canopy and curved at its lower end as indicated at 15 to rest under and engage the lower surface of the flange 12 when the supporting devices are locked in position to support the shade 11. The upper end of the supporting member 14 extends through the wall. of the canopy as indicated at 16, and through said upper end the locking member 17 of the supporting deviccsextends downwardly on the outer surface of the canopy, this locking member being bent at its lower end to pass through the canopy and also through the member 14, so that in its locking position the relation of the parts is substantially as indicated in Fig. 1. The upper end of the locking member 1? may conveniently be turned in the form of an eye as indicated at 18 to add to the appearance of the device and afford a convenient means for moving the locking member 17 to its uppermost -position, when it is desired to release the holding member 14. v I

Two or more of these supporting devices are employed in-connection with eachcanopy equipped with my supporting devices. three ofthem being employed with the eon struction indicated in Fig, 1. It will be ltltl understood that any number of these supporting devices may be employed to support a particular shade or globe as required for that case.

When it is desired to release the shade holding devices, the locking member 17 is raised to its uppermost position, as indicated in Fig. 2, for which position the supporting member 14 may swing inwardly of the canopy and out of the path of the flange 12, the upper end 16 of the member 14 in effect forming a pivotal connection with the canopy to permit this movement. Furthermore, for the released position of the holding devices, the locking member 17, by its relation to the supporting member 14. forms a convenient means by which the supporting member may be moved under the flange 12. so that by a single operation and movement the supporting member 14 is placed in supporting position and the locking member 17 may be moved downwardly to lock the member 14 in its shade supporting position.

As shown in Fig. 4, the member 14 has formed in it, preftmably by suitable punching operations. a slot 11) of the particular shape indicated, so that the part removed by the making of the slot may be employed to form the member 17. The edge portions of the member 14 adjacent the slot 19 have slight indentations 20, 20 formed in them to be engaged by the head on the lower end of the member 17, when the locking member is in its locking position, this engagement tending to retain the locking member in its locking position unless it is forcibly removed therefrom. The member 14 has formed through its upper end a second and relatively short slot 21 through which the upper end of the member 17 passes when the supporting devices are assen'ibled and in use. It will be noted that the part from the slot 19 is provided with edge extensions at its lower end which. when the removed part is formed as indicated, in Fig. 1, constitute a head 22 to slide on the inner surface of the member 14, to hold the member 14, in its locking position, when the locking member is in its lowermost position with the edges of said head in the indentations 2t). 30.

The wall of the canopy is slotted to receive the shade holding devices as indicated in Fig. 5. As illustrated in this figure. a verti' callv extending slot 23 is formed through said wall to permit the vertical passage therein of the lower bent end of the locking member 17. this slot being narrower than the body portion of the locking member. The lower end of the slot 23 terminates in a wider portion 24 of substantially the width of the body portion of the locking member. to facilitate the assembly of the parts. The upper end of the slot 23 opens into a cross slot 25 of substantially the width of the member 14, to permit the passage through the canopy of the upper bent end 16 of the supporting member 14. The slot 25 is of sufiicient extent vertically to permit the rocking action of the shade supporting devices indicated in Fig. 2, so the supporting devices may be readily moved to their releasing posi tion. The view shown in Fig. 6 illustrates the locking member 17 before it formed and said member has formed in its edges adjacent the head 22, notches 2G, 26 to permit the lower end of the locking men'iber to slide vertically in the slot 23.

From the above it will be understood that the shade supporting devices described may be employed with different types of shade holders, the lower end of the supporting member 14 being bent in any particular case to properly engage the lower surface of the flange 12 or equivalent part of the shade to hold it in place on the shade holder. It will also be understood that the parts of the shade supporting devices are proportioned in any particular case according to the thickness of material of the canopy or shade support, so

that the members 14 and 17, with the member 17 in its locking position have a space between them substantially equal to the thickness of the material of the canopy or shade support, as a. result of which the lower end of the supporting member 14 cannot be moved from its supporting position without first raising the locking member 17. It will also be observed that if for any reason, after the locking member 17 is moved downwardly sufficiently to hold the supporting member 14 against swinging moven'ient with a shade in place, the locking member 17 is not moved to its lowermost position. the device still operates to support the shade or globe in proper position; the lower end of the supporting member 14 cannot be moved away from supporting position and the tendency of the locking member 17 is to drop to its lowermost position to more positively lock the supporting members, thus insuring that the supporting member cannot be accidently released and moved from its shade supporting position.

From the above it will appear that my improved supporting devices may be simply and cheaply constructed. that they may be employed to effectively support shades and globes of any usual construction. that the parts cannot accidentally be displaced to release the shades or globes. which is not, the ca e with supporting devices of the screw type frequently employed heretofore, and that the parts projecting from the outer surface of the shade holder may be of small size and removed from adjacent the shade or globe, thus materially improving the general appearance of the structure.

While I have shown my invention in the particular embodiment above described, it will be understood that I do not limit myself to this exact construction as I may cinploy equivalents known to the art at the time of the filing of this application Without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

\ hat I claim is:

1. In a shade support, the combination of a shade holder having a recess for receiving a shade flange, a supporting member carried by said holder for engaging the lower sur face of a shade flange to support a shade, and a locking member in sliding engagement with said supporting member to hold the. latter in shade supporting position, said supporting member comprising a strip of metal having a slot punched therethrough for sliding engagement with said locking member and said locking member being formed from the piece punched from said supporting member.

In a shade support, the combination of a shade holder having a recess for receiving a shade flange. a supporting member carried by said holder for engaging the lower surt'ace ot' a shade flange to support a shade, and a locking member in sliding engagen'ient \vith said supporting member to hold the latter in shade supporting position. there being a pivotal connection between said shade holder and said supporting member permitting the latter to move to and from its supporting position, said supporting member comprising a strip of metal having a slot punched tl'ierethrongh for sliding engagement with said locking member and said locking member being tormed from the piece punched from said supporting member.

3. In a shade support, the combination of a shade holder, a supporting member extending vertically of said holder and supported thereby for movement to its shade supporting and releasing positions. and. a locking member movable vertically for holding said supporting member in its shade supporting position. said supporting member compris ing a strip of metal inside o't said holder bent at its upper end to extend therethrough, and said locking member comprising a strip ot metal outside o't' said holder extending through the projecting upper end ot said supporting member and bent at its lower end to extend through said holder to engage said supporting member.

4. In a shade support. the combination of a shade holder. a supporting member extending vertically of said holder and supported thereby for movement to its shade supporting and releasing positions, and a locking member movable vertically for bolding said supporting member in its shade sup porting position, said supporting member comprising a strip of metal inside of said holder bent at its upper end to extend therethrough, and said locking member comprising a. strip of metal outside of said holder extending through the projecting upper end of said supporting member and bent at its loiver end to extend through said holder to engage said supporting member, said supporting member having a slot punched therethrough to engage the lower end of said locking member and said locking member being formed from the piece punched from said supporting member.

5. In a shade support, the combination of a shade holder, a supporting member extending vertically ot' said holder and supported thereby for movement to its shade supporting and releasing positions, and a locking men'iber movable vertically for bolding said supporting member in its shade supporting position, said supporting member tol'i'iprising a strip of metal inside of said holder bent at its upper end to extend therethrough, and said locking member comprising a strip of metal outside of said holder extending through the projecting upper end ot said supporting member and bent at its lower end to extend through said holder to engage said supporting member, said sup porting member having an indentation for engaging said locking member in its locked position tending to retain said members in locked relation.

In a shade support, the combination of a canopy having a recess to receive a shade flange, a tirst member having pivotal con nection with and located inside of said canopy and extending from said pivotal connection belovv said shade flange position, said member being movable on said pivotal connection when tree. from restraint to its shade supporting position and away from said position to clear the shade desired, and a second member mounted on said canopy and extending at one part outside of said canopy and extending at another part through said canopy to engage said first member and hold said tirst member in its shade supporting position t'or one position of said second member. said canopy having a slot extending rherctbrough to receive and guide said second member. and said second member being slidable in said slot to hold said first member in shade supporting position and to tree said first member from restraint as desired.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 25th day of May, A. D. 1925.

THEODORE J. NELSON.

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